Act 06 — The press

Papers
and clippings.

The fourth strand of the archive, alongside sculptures, paintings and drawings. The diplomas and prizes gathered over half a century of work, the newspaper clippings from Warsaw to Belluno, the design papers of the monuments: the artist’s path told from the outside, one document at a time.

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Distinctions

Diplomas, prizes and certificates: from the sculpture symposia of Italy and Slovenia to the Biennales d’Auvergne in France, to the Polish exhibitions. The artist’s own documents.

  • Calligraphic illuminated diploma, with a colour floral frieze on the left, of the prize for the best artistic expression at the 8th Ex Tempore of Belluno, 1993.

    The «Consorzio Centro Belluno» prize

    VIII Ex Tempore of Wood Sculpture

    Belluno · 14 November 1993

  • Certificate of the 6th International Symposium of sculpture in granite and other Sardinian ornamental stones, Buddusò 1995, with a colour floral frieze and the stamp of the Centro Culturale.

    Certificate of participation

    6th International Symposium of Granite Sculpture — Municipality of Buddusò

    Buddusò, Sardinia · June–July 1995

  • Certificate of distinction for the sculpture «Subiektywny» at the Winter Salon of Radom, 1981, on amber paper with a red ribbon and a paper clip.

    Distinction for «Subiektywny»

    XXXV Salon Zimowy Plastyki — Radom ’81

    Radom · 1981

  • Bilingual Slovenian-English invitation to the closing ceremony of the XVI International Sculpture Symposium Forma Viva, 1976, with a small photograph of a wooden sculpture.

    Invitation — «Forma Viva»

    XVI International Sculpture Symposium, closing ceremony

    Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia · 28 August 1976

  • Diploma of the Médaille d’Or at the Biennale Internationale d’Auvergne, sculpture section, 1989, awarded for the bronzes as a whole.

    Médaille d’Or — Diplôme

    Biennale Internationale d’Auvergne · ANLAM

    Châtel-Guyon, France · 1989

  • Diploma of the 1er Grand Prix ex aequo at the Biennale Internationale d’Auvergne, 1991, framed by two columns.

    1er Grand Prix (ex aequo)

    Biennale Internationale d’Auvergne · ANLAM

    Auvergne, France · 30 July 1991

  • Diploma of the medal for the twentieth anniversary of the Society of Friends of Fine Arts of Warsaw, 1979, on cream paper with signatures in blue ink.

    Twentieth-anniversary medal — TPSP

    Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Sztuk Pięknych (Society of Friends of Fine Arts)

    Warsaw · December 1979

  • Certificate of distinction in the field of sculpture at the national exhibition «Sport w Sztuce», Katowice 1976, with signatures in blue ink.

    Distinction — «Sport w Sztuce»

    National competition exhibition «Sport w Sztuce»

    Katowice · 1976

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Press clippings

Antonina in the newspapers, from 1973 onwards: at work at the symposia, at the Warsaw solo exhibitions, at the openings. Clippings kept by the artist; text and photographs belong to the papers and their photographers.

  • Newspaper clipping: Antonina carving a large trunk at the Hajnówka open-air workshop, 1973, with an interview.

    «Hajnówka ’73»

    Report from the open-air workshop (paper to be identified)

    Hajnówka, Poland · 1973

    Fot. Roman Sieńko

  • Newspaper clipping on the 2nd International Sculpture Symposium of Hoyerswerda, 1977, with a photo of the sculptors at work in the open-air workshop.

    «Sie bilden das Lied vom Glück»

    2. Internationales Bildhauersymposium, Hoyerswerda (GDR)

    Hoyerswerda · 25 August 1977

    Foto: Gudrun Kubenz

  • Newspaper clipping on the sculpture made by Antonina for the Rostock zoo, 1978.

    «Dzieło polskiej plastyczki»

    Ostsee-Zeitung (Polish-language notice)

    Rostock · 1978

    Hans Jochen Vandrey

  • Clipping from il Giornale on the Ex Tempore of Swiss-pine sculpture in Belluno, 1993.

    «Sculture in cirmolo a Belluno»

    il Giornale, «Turismo» supplement

    Belluno · 12 November 1993

    Marco Perale

  • Clipping from Życie Warszawy on the solo exhibition at the Galeria Rzeźby, 1999, with a photo of the sculpture «Rozdarty».

    «Pastele oraz rzeźby z mahoniu i drewna»

    Życie Warszawy — solo exhibition at the Galeria Rzeźby

    Warsaw · February 1999

    Reprodukcja

  • Newspaper clipping on the unveiling of the Pomnik Nauczycieli Tajnego Nauczania in the Kazimierzowski park of Warsaw, November 2000, with a photo of the open-book monument among the crowd.

    «Księga w hołdzie»

    Report on the unveiling of the monument to the clandestine teachers (paper to be identified)

    Warsaw · November 2000

    Fot. PAP

  • The page of the interview with Antonina in the Tygodnik Siedlecki: the materials, the works around the world and the story of the eagle for the Polish Embassy in Moscow.

    «Nie zmarnować ani grama»

    Tygodnik Siedlecki — interview by Aneta Abramowicz

    Siedlce · 2009

    © Tygodnik Siedlecki — interview by Aneta Abramowicz

  • Clipping from the Gazeta Wyborcza on the unveiling of the monument to the teachers of the clandestine schooling, a work by Antonina, in the Kazimierzowski park of Warsaw, 2000.

    «Uczyli z narażeniem życia»

    Gazeta Wyborcza — Gazeta Stołeczna

    Warsaw · 10–12 November 2000

    Fot. Jacek Marczewski

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Documents

Working papers: the foundation act of one monument, the design report of another. The artist’s hand beside that of the institutions.

  • Foundation act of the Monument to the National Anthem, Warsaw 1999; the design is by Henryka Strąk and Antonina Wysocka-Jonczak.

    Akt Erekcyjny — Monument to the National Anthem

    Plac gen. J.H. Dąbrowskiego, Warsaw

    Warsaw · 29 September 1999

  • Handwritten description of the design for the monument to the clandestine schooling: bronze and granite, 300 × 140 × 60 cm, a window of books with the letter V at its centre.

    Design for the Monument to the Clandestine Schooling

    Design report, in her own hand

    Warsaw · late 1990s

The diplomas and awards are the artist’s own papers. The press clippings and project documents are kept in the archive: texts and photographs remain the property of their newspapers and photographers, credited under each piece.

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